Ethical Erotics

Reconceptualizing Anti-Rape Education

Bibliographic Data

ID18990871
AuthorsMoira Carmody (Western Sydney University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume8
Issue4
Pages465-480
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460705056621
OpenAlexW1983630552
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited18

This article argues that many anti-violence prevention strategies have been shaped by unarticulated discourses of sexuality that focus primarily on women managing the risk and danger of unethical behaviour of men. Sexual intimacy has therefore been dominated by discourses of fear and danger and women’s pleasure is once again invisible. An alternative conception of sexual ethics is presented based on Foucault’s work on ethics, and sexuality. The findings from in-depth qualitative interviews with 26 Australian women and men of diverse sexualities indicate that women and men regardless of erotic choice of partner have found multiple ways to explore sexual pleasure that is ethical, non-violent and where danger is reduced. This suggests a need to develop alternative ways of shaping violence prevention strategies that acknowledge both pleasure and danger

Criminology · Human sexuality · Pleasure · Psychotherapist · Sex education · Sexual violence · Sexuality education · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology